It's bad enough to have certain personal privileges taken away, but to also treat a human being like an animal is barbaric. ... Other times, he would think he"d be doing well, and move up in the world, soon to find out he would be divided up as property with farm animal and possessions. ...
Some slaves were even whipped like animals, and hardly ever fed anything. ... A sailor who sometimes worked on slave ships said that they were separated from their families and connections with as little concern as calves and pigs are selected out of a lot of domestic animals. ... Sometimes the escapers even dressed in disguises, or given farm tools to carry. ...
The chickens on the farm retained more identity than he did, with a bit in his mouth, domesticated and emasculated, " 'Mister [the chicken], he looked sofree. ... I told you to put her human characteristics on the left; her animal ones on the right'" (191). When the students abused Sethe they alternatively defined her as an animal – "And they took my milk" (17) – and an object of human sexuality. ...
They were portrayed as savages that came from the wilderness, and considered some kind of animal. ... As the demand for slaves increased because of the settlement of Englishmen in America, the number of slaves reached 11 million, who were divided among farm workers and servants. ...
